So that's why they don't taste as good!
Chalk gate at the open !!!!
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Do you have a link to this?
The same way everyone else did - by hoping he didn’t get a skid at a critical moment of a match.
Beyond that, I asked Skip Nemecek, Tweeten's President, about the flag. He said that Tweeten was making Masters with and without the flag on the wrapper at the same time. I think "pre-flag" is not a useful idea.
You have to realize there is a small amount of unobtainium in the preflag stuff that isn't in the stuff with the flag.
I didn't believe for a minute that the gross of flag master I bought was as good as the preflag but sometimes you have to make do!
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I would have said that chalking over the table makes tables even dirtier than overchalking does.
Agree, its not how much but where its done. Off-table is no issue, over the table is.
So I have a unique problem. Most players switch their cue to the opposite hand and chalk with their playing hand. I play left handed. I eat left handed and I write and draw left handed. Almost everything else I do right handed. I throw a ball, bowl, bat, do just about everything right handed. So I chalk right handed. I always wondered why other people's hands don't get as chalked up messy as mine until I was watching someone who played right handed set their cue in the opposite hand and chalk with their right hand. I thought that was so weird.
Then I realized I was the odd duck, but it makes for a messy hand and table, it's unavoidable. It's also why I never needed a glove, I was constantly chalking my fingers.
Flakeandrun
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Don't think this has ever been an issue for anyone (unless they are missing digits), or something that anyone has ever committed energy to think about. You have just achieved a world first! I am functionally ambidextrous, and usually do things in the way I have learned through observation (in some cases, I will alter this according to who I deem worthy of copying). I fail to see how whichever configuration used, there would be more mess than the other (unless your opposite hand has fine motor skills of a first-grader).
I actually don't understand how there would be any difference in "mess" - I am annoyed that I have now spent an inordinate amount of time considering this
Cord
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Sorry, Flake, but for many of us who are not ambidextrous, this is often the case. I can switch hands to weld, but not for much else. If I try an off-hand pool shot, it had better be hanging in a pocket and less than two diamonds away.
Well think a little harder. When you chalk and any excess gets onto your hands, if you're holding the cue with that hand, it will remain stationary. If that's your bridge hand, the shaft will be sliding against your hand and the hand will be rubbing against the table. So there's a greater likelihood of the chalk getting on the cloth and on your cue...Don't think this has ever been an issue for anyone (unless they are missing digits), or something that anyone has ever committed energy to think about. You have just achieved a world first! I am functionally ambidextrous, and usually do things in the way I have learned through observation (in some cases, I will alter this according to who I deem worthy of copying). I fail to see how whichever configuration used, there would be more mess than the other (unless your opposite hand has fine motor skills of a first-grader).
I actually don't understand how there would be any difference in "mess" - I am annoyed that I have now spent an inordinate amount of time considering this
If I ever stop wearing a glove again, I'll take a picture of my hand after a session to show you the difference.
You're ambidextrous. Very cool.
I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Flakeandrun
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I am still trying to figure out how there would be any difference in mess or chalk usage relative to the hand used. I do also realize my previous message maybe came across a little spicier than intended re-reading. Was meant to air on the comical side, not the abrasive one.
If you watch old videos on Accu-Stats, for example, you will see it was a common technique for players to chalk with their bridge hand, while holding their cue, in an almost grinding motion. Here is a screenshot of Earl doing that. That type of technique can easily leave lots of chalk on your hand, some of which easily gets transferred to the table.
If you paint the tip like most modern players do, I don’t think it makes a ton of difference which hand you use (unless you are really clumsy)
Flakeandrun
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Ahhhhh, I understand now. There are a couple of players who do this at my local, and there is a fair bit of banter around the topic. I even gave a good friend a piece of chalk, and offered to teach him how to use itIf you watch old videos on Accu-Stats, for example, you will see it was a common technique for players to chalk with their bridge hand, while holding their cue, in an almost grinding motion. Here is a screenshot of Earl doing that. That type of technique can easily leave lots of chalk on your hand, some of which easily gets transferred to the table.
If you paint the tip like most modern players do, I don’t think it makes a ton of difference which hand you use (unless you are really clumsy)
Interestingly, they are both players who studied and picked up the game in the US before coming back to China. Most players here opt for using the corners in the fashion of a snooker player. My advice would be, chalk less maniacally! Also, I just made myself laugh. Apparently my subconscious wit is working faster than my conscious mind sat here in the office on a Friday afternoon lol